Weight Watchers Empress Florine Mark Delivers Inspiring Message

Kristi Davis and Florine Mark

Florine Mark, President and Chairwoman of the Board of WW Group, Inc. (Weight Watchers), impressed an attentive audience of women at the Women’s Heath and Fitness Day, sponsored by the University of Michigan Medical School, on Jan. 23, 2010 in Ypsilanti, Michigan.  Her story was one of inspiration, learning to love and respect yourself, and enjoying life.

Her story began with how she flew from Michigan to New York and braved her first Weight Watchers class, determined to lose weight.  Fifty pounds lighter and thirty years later, she can brag that she turned that one courageous step into  a Weight Watchers empire in which she was the owner of the greatest number of franchises in the world.

But she doesn’t.  Instead, she humbly shares that every morning she looks herself in the mirror and says, “Florine, you can do anything you want to if you are motivated enough.”  She recognizes that every day we have two choices: to be happy or not to be happy.  She chooses to be happy, even though she lost her first and second husband to illness.  “Make every day special.  Make every day an adventure,” she declares.  “We don’t know what is going to happen to us tomorrow.”  I think Ms. Mark is right on the mark.

How about you?  Why don’t you start each day off looking in the mirror saying, “Hey, good lookin’! Whatcha got cookin’?  You are awesome!  I love you, and you can do anything you want, if you are motivated enough.”  And then cook yourself something healthy and delicious and make today special.